In a major shift for Oscar voting protocol, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that members will now be required to confirm they’ve watched all nominated films in a category before being allowed to vote in that race. The initiative, aimed at strengthening the integrity and credibility of the awards process, combines digital tracking through the Academy Screening Room with member-reported viewings — building on a structure already familiar to Academy voters. Beginning with the 97th Academy Awards, ballots during the final voting phase will only...

“American Idol” viewers have always been the backbone of the singing competition, and this weekend, they helped the program cross a major voting milestone. During Monday night’s episode, host Ryan Seacrest shared that “Idol” viewers have officially cast over 1 billion votes since the show relaunched on ABC in 2018. The tally crossed the 10-digit threshold following Sunday’s episode, which was a three-hour Easter special. The evening revealed the Top 20 performers of the season and eliminated four contestants: Grayson Torrence, Kyana Fanene, Penny Samar, and MKY. Upon learning that...

Australians started early voting ahead of a national election on May 3, with polls showing the center-left Labor government holding a narrow lead over the opposition with two weeks to go until the campaign ends. Almost 50% of Australians cast their ballots early in the last election in 2022, either by post or in person, and a large number of voters are expected to turn out from Tuesday at polling stations across the country. A record number of people have registered to vote in the 2025 poll, according to the...

Artesian Resources Corporation Class A Non-Voting Common Stock (ARTNA+1.36% ) has submitted its Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The filing includes financial statements for the year, showing total revenues of $108.0 million, an increase of 9.2% over the previous year. The increase is attributed to a temporary rate increase and higher water consumption due to drier weather.

Solana's high staking rewards will live to inflate SOL another day. A contentious effort to reform the blockchain network's generous inflation regime flopped on Thursday after supporters of SIMD-0288 failed to garner the supermajority they needed to implement the major economic change. The surprise result delivered a blow to the Solana power brokers who rallied to replace Solana's static inflation mechanics with a market-based system. Their proposal likely would have cut the network's 4.7% annual staking rewards down to 1% or less.

(1) In accordance with Article 223-11 of the AMF General Regulation, this number is calculated on the basis of all the shares to which voting rights are attached, including shares for which voting rights have been suspended.

(2) Total number of exercisable voting rights, after deduction of 44,602,344 treasury shares.

President Donald Trump tore into former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for being the lone Republican to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health Secretary on Thursday. Kennedy was confirmed by the Senate 52-48, with every Democrat and McConnell voting against him. Meeting with reporters in the Oval Office later in the day, Trump said McConnell was voting against him, not Kennedy. “I was the one that got him to drop out of the leadership position, so he can’t love me. But he’s not voting against Bobby, he’s...

The Associated Press published a story on the AP NFL Awards, Feb. 6, 2025. This story has been corrected to remove an invalid ballot that was inadvertently included in the tabulation. The AP has adjusted its point totals to reflect 49 voters instead of 50. This correction does not impact the winners or the list of finalists distributed by AP.